610 Million Ways to Save Cost in Business

That is how many results you receive when you search “Saving costs in business” on Google. “Ways to cut costs in business” yields 425 million results. I think we can agree that Google is probably not the best place to look for advice to cut cost. At Re.Works Africa we talk to many CIO’s and CFO’s every day, and every single one of them is currently looking for alternatives. to cut costs. All of them are considering new procurement policies and re-evaluating traditional models. We are certainly living in extraordinary times. This current re-thinking of the traditional, reminded me of the time in the late 1990’s - just after Steve Jobs had re-joined Apple. They launched the “Think Different” campaign. Apple started the campaign with its famous “To the Crazy Ones” advertisement, and I quote: “To the crazy ones. Here’s to the misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. Here’s to the ones who see the world differently. They’re the ones who invent, imagine and create. They’re the ones who push the human race forward. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world are the ones who actually do. Think different.” Not only are we living in extraordinary times, we are living at a time where we all need to “Think Different”. We should “Think Different” about investing our money. At this stage of our economic recovery, we should make sure we invest our available capital in revenue and job creating opportunities. We should make sure we get a return on our capital, but how can you invest capital if you have none. “Think Different”! We at Re.Works Africa can help. We’ll buy your current IT infrastructure and thereby put cash back into your business, for those revenue generating projects. To replace that infrastsucture we can provide flexible IT rental otions. “Think Different”! If you want to share some of your different thinking, feel free to comment, OR drop a comment, send a mail or linked-in message and let’s talk…..hopefully we can increase the 610 million results with a few new different thinking ways ...Some people see the world differently. They see things in new ways. They invent, create, imagine. Think different.